Uninstall Old Pervasive Version
Prior to Upgrade
Uninstall Old Pervasive Version
Added 1/22/08
The following steps are sample screens for uninstalling Pervasive 9.52 Server
version.
The steps for uninstalling Versions 7.xx or 8.xx (server or client) should be relatively the same.
The installation steps for Pervasive 10.xx are unaffected by these uninstall
steps.
- From the Start Menu, select Add or Remove Programs from the Settings -
Control Panel submenu.
- Scroll down the list to select the existing Pervasive 9.xx version and
click Remove. The sample below shows the Pervasive v9.52 selected in
the list.
- Click Yes to confirm the removal.
- Progress is displayed.
- Once complete, reboot. This reboot is required. Some
Pervasive 9.x DLLs and other files are deleted completely during the reboot.
- Access the Pervasive System Analyzer (PSA) from the Start - Programs
menu and click next to use the PSA to remove all Pervasive files left
behind. The PSA does not need to be uninstalled.
- Select the "Delete components or archives" radio button and click Next.
- The Local Machine radio button should already be selected. Click
Next.
- Check both boxes on the Delete Options screen: components/registry
settings and archives. Click Next.
- Click Yes at the confirmation prompt.
- Status of deletion is displayed during the process.
- When complete, confirm that Yes, I want to restart my computer now" is
selected and click Finish. The reboot is
required.
- To confirm that all Pervasive documents from unwanted version have been
removed, access the PSA again, select "Analyze system or Archive
components", and click Next.
- Confirm that "Quick search (search paths)" is selected. Click
Next.
- The screen shown in this sample displays a message that no Pervasive
components were found. Click Finish.
- Reboot. This is
required.
